[PDF] Traditional Themes And The Homeric Hymns eBook

Author : Cora Angier Sowa
Publisher : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 28,68 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Epic poetry, Greek
ISBN : 0865160376

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A thorough analysis of the mechanics of the language of Homer as used in the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Author : Nicholas Richardson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,24 MB
Release : 2010-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 1316224252

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These lively narrative poems, attributed in antiquity to Homer, are works of great charm. Composed for recitation at festivals in honour of the gods, they tell of Apollo's birth on the island of Delos and his foundation of the Delphic oracle; Hermes' invention of the lyre and theft of his brother Apollo's cattle; and Aphrodite's love affair with the mortal Anchises. This edition offers a new text of these poems. The Introduction discusses among other things the nature and purpose of the poems in general, their origins, their structure and themes. The Commentary brings out the individual character of each Hymn, by analyzing in depth its language and literary qualities, and also its religious and historical aspects. The aim is to make these Hymns more accessible to students of Greek literature, and help them to appreciate the poems more fully as major works of early Greek poetry.

Author : Homerus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 30,53 MB
Release : 2010-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0521451582

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This book is specifically designed for upper-level students of these major narrative works of early Greek poetry.

Author : Homer
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 22,71 MB
Release : 2023-11-20
Category : Poetry
ISBN :

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The Homeric Hymns is a collection of thirty-three ancient Greek hymns celebrating individual gods. The hymns employ the same epic meter—dactylic hexameter—as the Iliad and Odyssey, use many similar formulas and are couched in the same dialect. Contents: To Dionysus To Demeter To Apollo To Hermes To Aphrodite To Aphrodite To Dionysus To Ares To Artemis To Aphrodite To Athena To Hera To Demeter To the Mother of the Gods To Heracles With the Heart of a Lion To Asclepius To the Dioscuri To Hermes To Pan To Hephaestus To Apollo To Poseidon To Zeus To Hestia To the Muses and Apollo To Dionysus To Artemis To Athena To Hestia To Gaia, Mother of All To Helios To Selene To the Dioscuri

Author : Susan Chadwick Shelmerdine
Publisher : Focus
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,24 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :

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English translation of all the Homeric Hymns, with notes and introductions.

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Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 38,17 MB
Release : 2012-02-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1585104779

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This is a collection of the standard texts of ancient Greek which are important components of what we know about Greek myth, religion, language and culture. All of the works collectively known as the Homeric Hymns are collected and translated here in their entirety, and the work includes ample notes and an introduction to provide information on the works' historic importance, a chronological table, genealogical chart, maps of Greece and the Aegean Islands, and illustrations of vase paintings with mythological themes. This edition is part of the Focus Classical Library.

Author : Diane J. Rayor
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 24,47 MB
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0520957822

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The Homeric Hymns have survived for two and a half millennia because of their captivating stories, beautiful language, and religious significance. Well before the advent of writing in Greece, they were performed by traveling bards at religious events, competitions, banquets, and festivals. These thirty-four poems invoking and celebrating the gods of ancient Greece raise questions that humanity still struggles with—questions about our place among others and in the world. Known as "Homeric" because they were composed in the same meter, dialect, and style as Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, these hymns were created to be sung aloud. In this superb translation by Diane J. Rayor, which deftly combines accuracy and poetry, the ancient music of the hymns comes alive for the modern reader. Here is the birth of Apollo, god of prophecy, healing, and music and founder of Delphi, the most famous oracular shrine in ancient Greece. Here is Zeus, inflicting upon Aphrodite her own mighty power to cause gods to mate with humans, and here is Demeter rescuing her daughter Persephone from the underworld and initiating the rites of the Eleusinian Mysteries. This updated edition incorporates twenty-eight new lines in the first Hymn to Dionysos, along with expanded notes, a new preface, and an enhanced bibliography. With her introduction and notes, Rayor places the hymns in their historical and aesthetic context, providing the information needed to read, interpret, and fully appreciate these literary windows on an ancient world. As introductions to the Greek gods, entrancing stories, exquisite poetry, and early literary records of key religious rituals and sites, the Homeric Hymns should be read by any student of mythology, classical literature, ancient religion, women in antiquity, or the Greek language.